The present work recounts the last days of Christian de Chergé before the perspective of his own murder and exposes his powerful testimony. His message constitutes a profound and emotional statement about the desire for reconciliation and respect for Muslims and Islam.

The Monastery of Our Lady of the Atlas, founded in 1938 in Tibhirine, was the scene of one of the many bloody crimes of the Algerian civil war: in 1996, seven of the nine monks were killed by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), included his superior, Christian de Chergé. Although months before the Trappist monks knew they were in danger, they decided to remain in the monastery because of their strong bond with the local population and their faith in the idea of continuing in the place to which God had assigned them.

Far from being carried away by rage or panic, Chergé reflects on the love of Christ and how it leads him to love the different, even the one considered the enemy.